> > > You can paint a goose yellow and call it a duck, but it is still a goose.> > > The electrical/electronic interface will kill you!> > > > USB mass storage is not SCSI (in some cases), either. [Ouch, and some> > usb-storage devices *are* IDE.]> > > > So it makes sense to view IDE as very odd SCSI controllers.> > IDE is very different. Its like calling NFS Netware. The upper layer> behaviour is fairly similar, and both ATAPI and USB mass storage is SCSI> alike (note if its not SCSI like its not USB mass storage its something else> eg a vendor specific driver).

I have seen USB mass storage devices with ide connector on them, so itis certainly possible to translate between scsi and ide. If it makessense from performance standpoint.... I don't know. Pavel-- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building,cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic.-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.orgMore majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/